Pop Quiz #4- Just because….

If the Zombie Apocalypse was to happen today and you had just 15 minutes to evacuate, what would you do?

A. Jump in your Zombie Apocalypse Bug Out Vehicle that you have painstakingly stocked over the last 10 years with weapons, food, medical supplies and spare clothing and bedding and head for the wilderness.

B. Grab all your family photos.

C. Arm yourself with a cricket bat and your vinyl record collection.

D. Stand in the middle of your driveway like a retard watching the swarm pour down the street, and at the last second as they begin to overrun your lawn scream like a little girl for help.

***Interpret Your Score***

If you chose A, you are probably dysfunctional in society, but your special neurosis will outfit you for survival if you are practical enough not to take pity on those less prepared.

If you chose B, you’re too sentimental to survive. Seriously, we’re talking Zombie Apocalypse. Take something to make yourself useful, please, because otherwise your life will be too short to enjoy those precious baby albums.

If you chose C you’ve been watching too much Shaun of the Dead, but you might have what it takes to survive and win the girl. However, be sure you’ve split your time wisely between watching Shaun of the Dead and playing shooting video games. You don’t want to be out of practice when the time comes. Even if you don’t survive, what self respecting person wouldn’t want to die in their favorite pub. You are all right as humans go.

If you chose D, well, I really don’t think I need to explain how to interpret your score. However, if you are dumb enough to fall into this category you probably do need it spelled out for you. Zombie Apocalypse is bad. Your surprise and amazement will not hold them off no matter how strongly you believe yourself to be above the common trials of man. Get a pair and quit screaming like a little girl. No one wants to rescue you because you are too stupid to realize you are in danger. Darwin has selected you out.

Happy Thursday!

Pop Quiz # 3…and other bits of math wisdom: updated

Dear blog friends,

Janie has her first Algebra quiz tomorrow. Show your support by also taking a math quiz:

Stickittoyou University policy states that a student should expect to study 2 hours for each credit hour of class attended in a 16 week semester in addition to the number of hours required for class. College Algebra is a 5 credit hour course meeting for 5 hours per week. If the same work done in 16 weeks is instead completed in 4, how many hours per week will Janie need to devote to her College Algebra class?

Factor in 3 hours per day of commuting time and indicate how many hours per week Janie is losing to the black hole of mathematics this summer?

If Janie doesn’t do College Algebra work on Saturdays and Sundays, how many hours per day will she have left after driving and studying?

Answers will be posted July 22,2011:

The answers are: 60 hours a week, 75 hours lost per week including travel time, and 9 hours a day are left in each day for such trivial matters as sleeping, eating, bathing, noticing there’s a world beyond math class.

On the topic of College Algebra, the promised math wisdom:

All rational numbers are real, but not all real numbers are rational.

An irrational number is not a natural number, but it’s definitely real.

In fact, all numbers are real, really.

It’s probably not a good idea to try and take College Algebra 22 years after your last math class.

It’s probably not a good idea to cram 16 weeks of College Algebra into 4 weeks.

It’s probably a bad sign when it takes you and your TA working together 45 minutes to answer one polynomial long division question.

*wwhimppper*

The brain is bleeding, I’ve already spent 6 hours on math today, and I’ve got at least another 3 to go just to get the homework turned in on time. Studying for tomorrow’s quiz, that’s a whole other matter.

If you try to multiply 0 by anything, you get zero. Kinda like trying to multiply no time by I need three hours to study. Either way you end up with nothing.

Pop Quiz #2

Inquiring minds want to know: Does farts count as a playable word in scrabble?

I really need a scrabble dictionary….

Pop Quiz, an exciting new feature at Janie’s Place….

When you hear the word epidemic, what disease comes to your mind first?

Seriously, inquiring minds want to know. Janie is required to do this survey for a summer course and your help would be greatly appreciated. However, I think it makes for almost as good blog fodder as the WordPress theme of the day. I’m looking forward to seeing what the wide world comes up with. And, for you snarky butts out there, the Zombie Apocalypse is not a real disease.

Those of you who are so good to respond, please also list your age and your state/country. Thanks.

Cheerio!